although I enjoy being alone, it is starting to border on isolation. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be alone but isolating yourself and making excuses to not see or talk to people is unhealthy.
I have struggled with depression my whole life. It's not something that can...

since Saturday, I will do it perhaps tomorrow...yes I do tend to isolate myself...i don't know why, is a sort of self defense, or perhaps is my head which is not all-wright. I don't have problems interacting with people, i do go out (Ok, sometimes) and when I do I do have nice...

I TEND TO ISOLATE MYSLEF WHEN I AM DEPRESSED i AM A RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR I AND I HAVE PSYCHOTIC TENDENCIES THAT IS WHAT THE CALL THE AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS I HAVE BEEN BIPOLAR ALL OF MY LIFE I AM UNSTABLE BUT ON MEDS AND DISABILITY AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS
WHEN I AM DEPRESSED...

A porcelain doll stands in a world no her own. Unable to comprehend the emotions that flow, she prays to God, unable to stand alone; All she wants is just to fit in. All of a sudden a movable force takes her by the hand and guides her through the foreign world, camouflaging her...

Making movements to get out and do things, but always find myself back up in my apartment doing nothing. I do go out with people and still end up being reclusive feeling like I don't belong. There is this person I know that wants to text and I am not sure if I should do it since...

I isolate myself. It started about 8 years ago. I just stopped choosing to socialise. I feel more in control, safer in my home away from strangers, friends even family. I don't think it's depression. I work, I play sport, I talk to people when the need is there, even if...

..let's see what each of us which has this tendency is doing wright now...
Me: I'm at home, just had my coffee and struggle to get out to do some administrative task like going to bank, buying some food, paying my rent etc...what are you doing?

When I do I end up playing my music loud and end up on ep adding stories and experiences. i found this place when i was 11 or 12 while screwing around on the internet lookin for anwsers about my crossdressing habit. since then it has been a great place to vent and be myself.

Isolation has become my primary source for comfort nowadays. I have come to a point in my life where, when I get angry, it drives me to homicidal thoughts.
Isolation seems to be my only way out now. Living with my father and his new wife has not placed me in a comfortable...

I've been hiding out lately.
I've been isolating myself from the world...and cocooning myself in the world of my art...because that's where I can go to escape the drama of real life. It's where I feel I have a bit of control...or a least the illusion of control...and where I...

Barely anyone really knows the real me, and not a lot can know. I put on a play to be the normal person, but im anything but normal. If someone found out they'd think im crazy, so i keep to myself. What i long for the most is a life that i can be around the people who are like me...

I understand perfectly what you guys are going through. Today has been "one of those days" for me where I feel particularly isolated from everyone - coworkers, family etc. I'm trying to figure out what triggers this for me - it is certainly entangled with depression I have a...

and not feeling adequate enough anymore. Just feeling that who I am and my environment are very wrong. I feel like here I know I'm not within the confined social norms. Everything seems wrong. I don't understand a thing about where I'm from. I just feel every nuance is wrong for...

I don't know why I crave to be alone so much but I have since I can remember. Its something that is vital to good mental health for me. Yet its something I struggle to achieve - with my family and friends, with people in this world. Nobody understands that I want to be a part of...

I often end up in my room, Curled up under the covers with my earphones in... Or i will go out for a walk, sit up in the woods gazing over the landscape for hours away from everyone. I don't have to communicate, Which means i can't upset anybody, snap at them, make them angry or...

i told my friend once that i hatted people and she looked at me like i just called her a *****, i meant nothing by it. meaning that i didn't mean that i hated her as a person, just that i don't like being around other human beings. i don't even like being around my brother who i...

I'm not saying I'm a hottie but growing up I had more guy friends than girls. I could never understand their need to be catty and fake. I've always been pretty easy going and genuine. My mom says one of my down falls is my need to be honest with people. I've never really been one...

I recently moved from san diego to kentucky with my bf and I isolate myself every day I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression but never went on the medication I have had suicidal thoughts in the past but not in a few years I worry over the smallest thing.

I'm sorry. Yes, I'm anonymous, so no-one will know who I am, but I'm sorry for not being a very good friend.
This past year, I have been especially guilty for disappearing. As perhaps more than one person has put it, I "dropped off of the face of the Earth." I mysteriously...

Ok, so I'm not really the type that is interested in socializing that much, but still I think over isolating myself can be a bad thing. So I figure occasionally I need to leave the house for a bit or mental stimulation, to see something different than the same old same old.... Or...

and make new friends all the time now I try to avoid every possible way of going out .. I go to school and come home everyday & on weekends I sit in my room doing nothing idk why but I just don't want to be around people anymore

I dont know what I am; introvert, shy, withdrawn, highly sensitive, maybe all those things. Maybe I am really someone who wishes to be extrovert....actually scrap that thought lol! I would be overwhelmed by too many people and burn out.
But heres the things, I get lonely, I get...

Well I´ve always lonely since kinder garten. Today I have no friends and why do I say that! First of all because suspicious person, and I have very good reasons to act like that. During the university these loneliness became bigger just because I´M not like the...

I dunno if i am doing this intentionally or not... maybe its jus me?? but i always tend to keep my distance from people. "isolate myself", its what i do best and always have. whenever someone tries to get close to me i sort of get all conscious of myself.
at this...

I am an introvert and usually isolate myself from people. I really don't talk to too many people and when I go to the store I buy whatever I need and quickly hide back home. I'm about to be 18 soon and my anxiety has been really bad lately. I'm going to move out in maybe six...

I've always been an "outsider." Somewhere along the way I guess I kinda got used to being the outsider, and got comfortable there. Now I tend to avoid social situations whenever possible, even without meaning to. I want to get out there and meet new people and make friends...

Have a hard time being around others & in public due to the "monster" that entered my life 4 years ago. I just want some normalcy in my life, i have lost all confidence,independence,and basically all of the little things in life I took for granted ,what a lesson I have learned...

I want to know new people and to really engage with them. The thing is that i can't do that - i can't engage. I'm always sure that people will leave sooner or latter so i try not to attach to much. I'm very social, i just don't have anyone who i can call a friend.
When I'm not...

"What's that under your sleeve?" she asked. "Oh that?" You answer while pulling your sleeve further down. "Just some scratches". She stands up. Her hand is covering her mouth. She is walking around behind your back. You can feel the tension in the room. Your heart is beating...

For as long as I can remember, I've been socially awkward. It was always hard to reach out to people. Most people didn't understand that when I actually did reach out that it was actually quite significant because I find myself most incapable of doing so.
The thing that I find...

but I don't have the feel to hang out.. maybe it's because I'm lazy, or don't want to spend money.. or just love being alone.
I love the idea of staying at home, doing my own things, play games, write my diary, watching the TV and working out at home than to go out at times.
I...

But I have found that it is also the only way I can keep people from hurting me. I don't want anymore pain added to my life, at least not without my prior knowledge. I know I'll probably get hurt again, but at this junction of my life I am making those decisions with my eyes wide...

the fact is I am king of lame. Not much to say in social situations and it feels that I am on the outside looking in. I dont know why is that but it happens. It is tiring becuase I would love to be out there, but in time I loose the friends I have got and voila, me...

I don't do it on purpose.. it's just my shyness which makes me kind of push myself away from people.. I end up spent a lot of my time on my own because of it... especially at college and stuff. I hate being on my own though.. I don't enjoy it at all anymore.

When I'm feeling down, I isolate myself. I don't answer my phone and just keep it switched off, I rarely come out of my room, I sleep all day...and so on.If anyone feels like I'm avoiding them, then know that I'm really not. I'm trying to get my life back into a semblance of...